About Texastar.com
Texastar.com was originally registered November 9, 1994 by
Mr. Robert Ellis Smith, and has now been serving clients via the Internet
for over 14 years. Robert has been an entrepreneur in the Texoma region of
Texas and a contractor to several state government agencies in that area
since the late 1980's.
Texastar.com has varied in size from one to several employees
over the years, and has been a stopping off point for several developers as
they grew in experience and knowledge, and finally landed that "dream job".
For general contact information regarding sales, accounting, employment,
etc. please visit our Contact Us
page. Our current lead staff are introduced below:
About Robert Smith
Robert tells a story of how he got involved with computers as a
result of sitting down one day in the mid-1980's with his adult son, Erik,
who was excitedly demonstrating one of the latest Commodore 64 computer
text-based adventure games. When they reached a point in the game where they
could not solve the puzzle, Erik exited the program and began viewing the
program files using an editor. Robert tells how this view of the program
files combined with his son's explanation began to make sense.
Robert soon purchased a "luggable" computer for his business
travels, and in time took a number of business and computer programming
courses at college. With his new skills in hand, Robert contracted a job
building a Bulletin Board System for a State Regional Government Office.
That position, and the BBS, soon found their way on the Internet, with
Texastar.com as Robert's business domain.
About Erik McCarty
Erik McCarty was born and reared in Irving, Texas. He enlisted
in the Navy in 1981, and enjoyed 10 years as a Data Systems Technician.
During his stint in the service, Erik completed his Bachelor's Degree in
Electrical Engineering Computer Design Block at the University of Texas at
Austin.
Erik has worked in management, engineering, utilities,
manufacturing, and telecommunications. He has bee a computer consultant to
numerous companies over the years, and has developed his skills in Internet
Web Site Design, Software Engineering in numerous programming languages, and
e-commerce applications.
About Priscilla Tantaruna-McCarty
Priscilla was born in Lima, Peru, South America to Hernan
Tantaruna and Julia Guzman. When she was three years old, her father and
mother brought her to San Jose, Ca. where her father worked and provided for
his family of six until his early retirement in 1992. She is currently
attending a local college, and helping out with the business between times.
Priscilla brings design review, language translation services (
Spanish / English ), and Administrative skills to the company. She handles
the majority of the Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable, Payroll, and
Human Resources issues of the company.
About Jessica Brandy-Lynn McCarty
Jessica was born in Fairfield California, but has had the
pleasure of living a great number of places as her father, Erik traveled the
United States in both the military service and as an Electrical Engineer and
consultant. These days Jessica's primary focus is completing her Bachelor's
Degree in Accounting, with intention of becoming a business Accountant.
Jessica currently assists with accounting issues on an as needed basis, and
provides ad-hoc financial and tax advice.
Jessica's nick name is Nike, and originates from a small scar
on her leg which looks like an inverted "Nike Swoosh". Jessica got the scar
on a childhood fishing expedition, when a hidden rock attacked her from
behind.
About Mary Smith
Mary is the beautiful young wife of Owner Robert Smith. She is
the mother of three boys, contagious laughter, and everyone here at
Texastar.com. Mary does a little bit of everything for the company, and
makes sure we all get everything done.
About the rest of us...
For various and sundry personal reasons, not everyone want's to
have their name plastered across the internet. So a few of our people have
asked to remain in the background for now. Rest assured that they are loved,
and cared for, and only beaten every other Sunday ;)
